# ISO 8261:2001 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards

For ISO 8261:2001, item title is Milk and milk products — General guidance for the preparation of test samples, initial suspensions and decimal dilutions for microbiological examination; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 6887-5:2010 | ISO/CD 8261; withdrawn / published date is 2001-06-14, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05.

- **Identifier:** ISO 8261:2001 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Item title:** Milk and milk products — General guidance for the preparation of test samples, initial suspensions and decimal dilutions for microbiological examination _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Successor:** ISO 6887-5:2010 | ISO/CD 8261
- **Withdrawn / published date:** 2001-06-14 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 27062,IS,,ISO 8261:2001,"Milk and milk products — General guidance for the preparation of test samples, initial suspensions and decimal dilutions for microbiological examination","Lait et produits laitiers — Lignes directrices générales pour la préparation des échantillons pour essai, de la suspension mère et des dilutions décimales en vue de l'examen microbiologique",2001-06-14,2,['07.100.30'],ISO/TC 34/SC 5,9599,[15373],"[50306,40587]","['en','fr']",12,"<p>ISO 8261|IDF 122:2001 describes general guidelines for the preparation of test samples, initial suspensions and decimal dilutions for the microbiological examination of milk and milk products, including milk-based infant foods.</p>" 2706

## Source

- https://isopublicstorageprod.blob.core.windows.net/opendata/_latest/iso_deliverables_metadata/csv/iso_deliverables_metadata.csv

Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01.
Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).